# paid vs past

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### paid
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #44,122*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay

### past
*noun · IPA [pɑːst] · frequency rank #23,262*
Vergangenheit, Vorleben

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/paid-vs-past